Dear Friends,
Charles Spurgeon urged, “Let us aspire after a fresh birth of the Savior in our hearts, that as he has already formed in us the hope of glory, we may be renewed in the spirit of our minds, that we may go to the Bethlehem of our spiritual nativity and do our first works, enjoy our first loves, and feast with Jesus.”
1. CHARLIE KIRK’S LAST BOOK URGES CHRISTIANS TO HONOR THE SABBATH: Charlie Kirk’s last book, Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life, was released on Tuesday. Charlie finished the book just one month before his assassination.
Erika Kirk explained, “He [Charlie] did not just write this book. He lived it. In this book, Charlie talks about how important it is – to put your phone down, engage with your family. Pour into them. That’s your legacy.”
She continued, “At first, it started with an hour, two hours. But then once he fully incorporated it into his life, he totally elevated. He became a next-level husband, which I didn’t even think was possible because he was already so incredible to me and the babies.”
Kirk urged, “Rest your brain, rest your heart. Rest your soul. We’re not machines. We’re humans, we have souls. We are here to make a difference, and you can’t hear from the Lord if you’re being inundated constantly from other people trying to take your attention away from what the ultimate goal is… Busyness is not the same as being productive.”
She said, “To have this be his last book and him totally master what it means to rest with the Lord…it’s full circle now because it’s the ultimate sabbath where he is right now.”
2. AI TECH TITANS NAMED TIME’S “PERSON OF THE YEAR”: TIME has named “The Architects of AI,” including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, as its “Person of the Year.”
TIME stated, “This year, the debate about how to wield AI responsibly gave way to a sprint to deploy it as fast as possible.”
Breitbart’s Wynton Hall commented, “TIME got it right last year when it named President Trump Person of the Year. This year, it should have gone to Charlie Kirk. Instead, giving it to the ‘Architects of AI’ underscores the seismic shift happening under our feet. AI isn’t just a tool; it’s a political force of enormous power. The tech elites on TIME’s cover are laying the digital rails that will shape our jobs, our children’s education, our national defense, and more… You may not be interested in AI politics, but AI politics is interested in you.”
Ed. Note: Wikipedia’s #1 read article this year was on Charlie Kirk.
3. LEFTIST VIOLENCE REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT: Conservative podcaster Tim Pool revealed that a vehicle “opened fire” on his property on Saturday night, but no one was hurt. Pool said, “This is the price we pay for speaking out against evil.”
Elon Musk said it’s nearly impossible to go out in public since the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Musk noted, “Life is on hardcore mode. You make one mistake, you’re dead. It only takes one mistake.”
Authorities arrested twin brothers for threatening to murder ICE agents and threatening to torture and hang DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin.
Border czar Tom Homan said threats to ICE officers have increased 1200%.
Pollster Rich Baris found that 38% of Democrats believe that Charlie Kirk’s beliefs were “most responsible” for his murder.
The Media Research Center found that only 24% of Americans know that Tyler Robinson was a leftist.
Ed. Note: Earlier this year, Charlie Kirk warned, “Violence is a core tactic of the left.”
4. FLORIDA DESIGNATES CAIR AND MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AS TERRORIST GROUPS: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) followed Texas’ example by officially designating the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as “foreign terrorist organizations.”
The executive order acknowledges that the Muslim Brotherhood seeks to establish a “global Islamic caliphate” and “has long engaged in and supported violence, political assassinations, and terror attacks on civilians.”
CAIR-Florida responded with a lawsuit against the order. DeSantis welcomed the lawsuit, noting that it “gives Florida the right to subpoena their bank records and get full discovery.”
In related news, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued to shut down the 400-acre Islamic “EPIC City” project.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) said that Europe is “gone” and warned that Islam in America will be “way out of control” in 5-10 years, unless we stop it.
5. TRUMP’S FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY EMPHASIZES AMERICA FIRST: The White House’s National Security Strategy calls for (1) a negotiated end to the Ukraine war, (2) increased military commitments from American allies in Europe and Southeast Asia, (3) deterrence to China through economic and technological superiority, (4) a revival of the Monroe Doctrine for American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere, and (5) an end to “fruitless ‘nation-building’ wars” in the Middle East.
The document also urges Europe to “regain civilizational self-confidence” and criticized censorship, mass migration, and NATO expansion.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth emphasized, “The War Department will not be distracted by Democracy building, interventionism, undefined wars, regime change, climate change, woke moralizing, and feckless nation-building. We will deter war. We will advance our interests. We will defend our people. Peace is our goal, and in service of that objective, we will always be ready to fight and win decisively when called upon.”
6. TRUMP ORDERS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF VACCINE SCHEDULE: Last Friday night, President Trump praised the CDC vaccine advisory committee’s “very good decision” to end the Hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for babies.
Trump wrote, “The American Childhood Vaccine Schedule long required 72 ‘jabs,’ for perfectly healthy babies, far more than any other Country in the World, and far more than is necessary. In fact, it is ridiculous!” The President directed RFK Jr.’s HHS to “fast-track” a comprehensive review of the U.S. vaccine schedule.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responded, “Thank you, Mr. President. We’re on it.”
Pediatrician Dr. Larry Palevsky praised Trump as “the first American president to appropriately challenge the safety and efficacy of vaccines.”
Meanwhile, former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield said he’d like to see the Covid-19 mRNA vaccine “eliminated” because there are “too many unknowns.” Redfield explained, “An mRNA vaccine…turns your body into a spike-protein production factory. And spike protein is a very immunotoxic protein.”
7. MAMDANI MAKES KEY APPOINTMENTS: Muslim-socialist Zohran Mamdani will take the New York City mayor’s office in a few weeks. The RAIR Foundation notes that Mamdani is selecting predominantly Muslim “felons, antisemites, anti-police activists, and Democratic Socialists of America members (i.e., communists).”
Mysonne Linen, who served seven years in prison for robbing NYC taxi drivers, will become Mamdani’s “criminal legal system” advisor, and will make “personnel recommendations” and “policy recommendations.”
Alex Vitale, author of The End of Policing, will sit on Mamdani’s Community Safety committee.
Pro-Hamas activist Waleed Shahid will serve on the Committee on Community Organizing, and Palestinian-American Jenna Hamed on the Committee on Arts and Culture.
Community organizer Lumuumba Bandele, who previously lobbied to free several black nationalists convicted of murdering police officers, will join the Committee on Community Organizing.
Mamdani pledged to make New York an “LGBTQIA+ Sanctuary City” and called for NYC’s illegals to “stand up to ICE.”
Ed. Note: For more, read The Mamdani-DSA Comrades: São Paulo Forum Terrorists, Progressive International Communists.
8. CANADIAN PASTOR ARRESTED AFTER OBJECTING TO DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR: Canadian Pastor Derek Reimer was arrested for refusing to apologize to a library director in Calgary, Alberta, for speaking out against its drag queen story time.
The arrest comes as Reimer is finishing one year of house arrest for voicing his Biblical convictions. Reimer declared, “They wanted me to apologize for that, and I won’t apologize for it.”
One lady said, “A man like Derek can go to the library, have a 90-second conversation with somebody, and then, all of a sudden, he gets arrested because he refuses to apologize for his Christian conviction. This is a persecution of Christianity and Christians. This is a target to the Bible and God. This is good vs. evil. They want us to call evil good and good evil. [Isaiah 5:20] We cannot do it. They’re going to continue to round up good men in society.”
9. NETFLIX MOVES TO EXPAND WOKE AGENDA WITH WARNER BROS ACQUISITION: Netflix has struck a deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc., its film and TV studios (HBO and HBO Max) for $82.7 billion.
Human Events reports, “Netflix has openly embraced moral decadence as a company. This can be seen as recently as in their thinly veiled pedophilia content in their biggest hit show, Stranger Things. This merger…is a strategic conquest of childhood imagination.”
Concerned Women for America (CWA) found that 41% of Netflix’s children’s shows contain LGBTQ content, much of it “explicit.”
Netflix’s woke agenda accelerated after Barack and Michelle Obama signed a massive contract with the streaming service in 2018.
Jack Posobiec said the deal would allow the Obamas to “take over media” and is an “obvious antitrust violation.”
President Trump said the deal “could be a problem” and that he will “be involved in that decision.”
Meanwhile, Paramount has launched a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, with backing from Jared Kushner’s investment firm, Affinity Partners, and the Saudi and Qatari sovereign wealth funds.
Ed. Note: Two of the 1958 Communist Goals for America state, “Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures (#21), and Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV (#25).”
10. NEW TRUMP EO TARGETS STATE AI LAWS: President Trump’s Thursday executive order is titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence.” The EO comes after tech oligarchs failed twice to pass a 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation.
Trump said America must win “the AI race” and stated, “You have to have a central source of approval.”
Trump AI and crypto czar David Sacks said a federal standard is not an “AI amnesty” or “AI moratorium,” and would save America from “a regulatory morass worse than Europe.”
But policy analyst Megan Griffin contended that banning state AI regulation will “allow young girls to be targeted…by deepfake pornography and chat bots.”
Earlier this week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) stated, “An executive order doesn’t/can’t preempt state legislative action… Congress hasn’t proposed any coherent regulatory scheme but instead just wanted to block states from doing anything for 10 years, which would be an AI amnesty.”
On Monday, President Trump approved selling advanced Nvidia computer chips to China, on the condition that America receives 25% of the profits. But the same day, Trump’s DOJ said illegally exporting the same chips “threatens our Nation’s security.”
11. INDIANA RINOS SABOTAGE TRUMP: The Indiana Senate voted 31-19 (with 21 Republicans joining Democrats) to kill Trump’s endorsed Congressional map that would have allowed the GOP to pick up two additional seats.
Steve Bannon commented, “The RINO establishment still runs the Senate, the House, and the RNC, propped up by the same misguided Lindsey Graham endorsements… It’s the base vs. the machine that refuses to give up power.”
Kentucky Republican U.S. Senate candidate Nate Morris reacted, “The stakes here are just too high. We either have Republicans who go to war to defend America and the Western values that made our country great, or we’re going to lose everything to the radical left.”
Turning Point Action vowed primary challenges against Republicans who voted no.
12. CAN REPUBLICANS REVERSE COURSE BEFORE MIDTERMS? Analyst Chris Cillizza noted that Democrats have flipped 25 “GOP-held state legislative seats” in 2025, while Republicans have flipped none.
Steve Deace said Republicans cannot win in 2026 unless (1) Congress codifies Trump executive orders, (2) Trump’s DOJ becomes an “avenging angel against evildoers of the previous regime,” and (3) Americans get “an economy they can afford.”
Mike Cernovich said Congressional Republicans want to “toss the midterms” to sabotage Trump, Vance, and America First.
Benny Johnson called for a renewed focus on winning the midterms, warning that if Democrats regain power in 2028, they will “ensure Republicans can never win an election again.”
13. TECHNOLOGY STORIES:
- Reclaim The Net asserts that Australia essentially implemented a “nationwide digital ID system” under the guise of “protecting” children under 16 from social media.
- Germany is moving to use AI to monitor online “terrorism.”
- Alaska is rolling out a Digital ID agenda that would combine “AI automation, identity credentials, biometric verification, and digital payments,” according to Slay News.
- Activist Twila Brase called REAL ID “a federal ID masquerading as a state driver’s license.”
- The United Nations launched the “Digital Cooperation Portal” to promote “inclusive digital economies, artificial intelligence (AI) governance, digital infrastructure, and the protection of human rights online.”
- The World Health Organization and the Gates Foundation have proposed a blueprint to track every individual’s vaccination status from birth.
- At the Doha Summit, Bill Gates said that AI “will transform creativity, education, and healthcare.”
14. INTERNATIONAL STORIES:
- Qatar’s Doha Summit drew over 450 speakers and over 6,000 attendees from over 150 countries. Speakers included multiple Islamic leaders, Bill Gates, Hillary Clinton, World Economic Forum Chief Børge Brende, the Heritage Foundation, Donald Trump Jr., and Tucker Carlson.
- A new survey found that Christianity is declining in Britain, as Islam, Paganism, and Wicca witness noticeable growth.
- Former British soccer star Joey Barton faces six months in prison for making “grossly offensive” posts on X.
- Pope Leo downplayed concerns about Islam’s rise in Europe, as largely driven by people who are “against immigration.” Leo urged, “I would say that we all need to work together.”
- Judd Saul, founder of Truth Nigeria, said attacks are being plotted against Nigerian Christians on Christmas Day and warned a “massacre” will occur, unless an “intervention” happens before then.
- The European Union fined Elon Musk’s X $140 million for allegedly “deceiving users.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the fine “an attack on American tech companies and an attack on the American people.”
- The New York Times admitted that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “allowed graft to flourish” by undermining independent oversight boards.
- NATO chief Mark Rutte, who is unmarried and has no children, said NATO could face an attack by Russia within five years and “must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured.”
- A 12-year-old Russian girl was detained and interrogated for writing a poem opposing the state-sponsored construction of a mosque in her Christian neighborhood.
- Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro plans to run for President in 2026, unless his father, Jair Bolsonaro, is freed and allowed to run again.
15. TRUMP AGENDA:
16. NOTEWORTHY STORIES:
- Pew Research Center reported that 48% of Republicans say religion is “very important” in their daily lives, compared to only 28% of Democrats.
- The Federal Reserve voted to decrease interest rates from 3.75% to 3.5%.
- Silver prices hit $64 an ounce on Thursday, marking an increase of over 100% in 2025.
- Daniel Horowitz said the current stock market boom “is built upon a handful of tech companies,” and added, “As for the rest of the economy….gold and silver are telling you everything you need to know.”
- Eight states could hold pivotal votes on abortion in 2026.
- Progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) announced her bid for U.S. Senate.
- Turning Point Action head Tyler Bowyer called on those who “love Charlie” to “start a family,” get involved politically, and “do the work to save the Republic.”
- Amazon is moving into the auto industry via Amazon Autos, with the likely end goal of becoming the world’s biggest car dealer.
- Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) said he “wants to see” transgender children. Newsom added, “I have a trans godson. There’s no governor that’s done more pro-trans legislation than I have.”
17. NOTEWORTHY QUOTES:
- “God is the Creator. I believe this universe came from something.” –Elon Musk
- “I have a bad feeling that Donald Trump’s DOJ under AG Pam Bondi’s ‘leadership’ is soon going to learn what happens when you not only fail to purge the DOJ of the very same bad-faith actors responsible for Russiagate, Impeachments 1 & 2, and Jan. 6 Fed-surrection, but when you subsequently rely on those very same bad-faith actors for ‘intelligence.’ This is going to get very embarrassing very quickly.” –Attorney Viva Frei
- “When the Fed came to America, it was the end of America – and our freedom is being stolen via our money. As most people know, there’s a big movement to end the Federal Reserve Bank, because it’s not federal, it’s not a reserve, and it’s not a bank.” –Robert Kiyosaki
- “We find ourselves in the age of AI and apps for everything, with CCTV cameras on every street corner, our opinions manufactured by interest groups, our communications tracked and monitored, wondering what is true or who we can believe, and feeling, day by day, like we have less agency, less control, less humanity than ever before… [A] global Gomorrah.” –Author Paul Kingsnorth
- “Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” –John Adams
- “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” –Micah 6:8
FAITH, FAMILY & FREEDOM REPORT
1. MIKE LINDELL LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN FOR MINNESOTA GOVERNOR: Election integrity warrior and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell announced, “I’m officially running for Governor of Minnesota. After prayerful consideration and hearing from so many of you across our great state, I’ve made the decision to enter the 2026 gubernatorial race. I’m still standing, and I’ll stand for you.”
2. CHRISTIANS RALLY IN INDIA: Around 2,000 Christians gathered in New Delhi to voice their concern over major religious persecution in India. The Christian Post noted, “From 139 reported cases of violence against Christians in 2014, the number rose to 834 in 2024, with nearly 5,000 incidents documented over the past decade.”
3. CUBANS PROTEST COMMUNISM: Cuban citizens in Havana protested the country’s communist regime, shouting “down with communism!” and “freedom!” Breitbart reported, “Protests have escalated dramatically in the country throughout the past year.” Prisoners Defenders said, “Repression in Cuba continues to increase as a mechanism sustained by the regime to obscure the ocean of political, social, and sanitary crises.”
4. ORBAN STANDS UP TO EU: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán flatly rejected the European Union’s new plan to force mass migration on member countries. Orbán declared, “We will not take a single migrant in, and we will not pay for others’ migrants. Hungary will not implement the measures of the Migration Pact. The rebellion begins!”
5. MISSING CHILDREN RESCUED: The Federal government has rescued more than 62,000 migrant children since President Trump took office. Border czar Tom Homan stated, “President Trump committed on day one that we will do everything we can to find every one of these children. We know many of them are in sex trafficking. Many are in forced labor. Many are being abused. President Trump again proved why he’s the greatest president in my lifetime.”
6. TRANSGENDER MILITARY BAN UPHELD: A D.C. court ruled in favor of the Trump administration, allowing for transgenders to be banned from the military. Spokesperson Sean Parnell stressed, “This ruling is a huge victory for the United States’ military readiness. The D.C. Circuit confirmed that the United States military is not a social experiment, and the Secretary of War is who sets military standards – not left-wing activists.”
7. MAHA INVIGORATES REGENERATIVE AG: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed a new $700 million farm program that will invest in regenerative agriculture. USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins explained, “Regenerative agriculture is a conservation management approach that emphasizes natural resources through improved soil health, water management, and natural vitality for the productivity and prosperity of American agriculture.”
8. TEXAS COUNTY KEEPS BOOK BAN: The Supreme Court refused to hear a case against Llano County, Texas, which had banned 17 questionable books from public libraries. Previously, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled, “From the moment they emerged in the mid-19th century, public libraries have shaped their collections to present what they held to be worthwhile literature… Public libraries used to exclude most novels which were thought bad for morals.”
9. ANOTHER COUNTY STOPS ABORTION: The county commission of Motley County, Texas, voted unanimously to ban abortion, the 15th county in the country to criminalize the murder of unborn children. Life News reported, “The Motley County Sanctuary County for the Unborn Ordinance is enforced the same way the Texas Heartbeat Act is enforced, through a private enforcement mechanism.”
10. PRO-LIFERS OBTAIN LEGAL VICTORY: 21 pro-lifers were exonerated in Spain after peacefully protesting the murder of unborn children outside of an abortion clinic in 2022. A court ruling read, “There is no doubt that the defendants did nothing more than exercise their right to free assembly…understanding that expressing their demands in that place and in the manner they did was the most appropriate way for the message they wished to convey – praying for life and offering their help.”
11. UNVACCINATED WIN VICTORY: The University of Colorado agreed to pay $10.3 million to 18 individuals who had resisted the school’s Covid vaccine mandate. Michael McHale of the Thomas More Society declared, “No amount of compensation or course-correction can make up for the life-altering damage Chancellor Elliman and Anschutz inflicted on the plaintiffs and so many others throughout this case, who felt forced to succumb to a manifestly irrational mandate.”
12. WEST VIRGINIA RELAXES VACCINE MANDATES: Circuit court judge Michael Froble issued a permanent injunction against West Virginia’s school vaccine mandates. Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey declared, “Today’s ruling is a win for every family forced from school over their faith.” The New American revealed, “In answer to the ruling, the West Virginia Department of Education issued a statement suspending compulsory vaccine requirements.”
13. CHARLIE KIRK PLAZA BILL INTRODUCED: South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace (R) introduced a bill to rename the Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., the Charlie Kirk Freedom of Speech Plaza. Mace added, “By designating this plaza in the heart of our nation’s capital, we ensure Charlie’s legacy and his unwavering commitment to the First Amendment will never be forgotten.”
14. GOOD SAMARITAN HELPS VETERAN: YouTuber Samuel Weidenhofer set up a GoFundMe page to help 88-year-old veteran Ed Bambas, who had been forced to work full-time after failing to receive his pension. The GoFundMe raised almost $2 million. Weidenhofer wrote, “Despite everything, Ed shows up every day with quiet dignity, strength, and perseverance. His story is a stark reminder that too many of our seniors, especially veterans, face incredible challenges just to survive.”
15. QUARTERBACK GIVES GLORY TO GOD: Indiana Hoosiers Quarterback Fernando Mendoza gave glory to God following his team’s victory in the Big 10 Championship. Mendoza exclaimed, “It’s all so beautiful! I wanna give all the glory to God! We were never supposed to be in this position, but by the glory of God, the great coaches, great teammates, everyone we have around us, we were able to pull this off.”
16. SAMARITAN’S PURSE HELPS CHILDREN AT CHRISTMAS: Samaritan’s Purse is filling 12 million shoe boxes for children in need this Christmas through Operation Christmas Child. The Worldview in 5 Minutes reported, “Operation Christmas Child got started in 1993, when the organization distributed 28,000 shoe box gifts to children in the Balkans in southeastern Europe. Since then, Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 232 million gift-filled shoe boxes to children in more than 170 countries and territories.”
17. ISAIAH 41:10 MOST POPULAR VERSE ON YOUVERSION: Bible platform YouVersion posted a record one billion downloads this year. The most popular verse was Isaiah 41:10, “Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee, yea I will help thee, yea I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” Founder and CEO Pastor Bobby Gruenewald reacted, “We’re witnessing a global movement. People are hungry for what’s real and true…”
Hymn of the Week
Love Each Other by William J. Henry
Let us ever love each other
With a heart that’s warm and true,
Ever doing to our brother
As to us we’d have him do.
Kind and loving to each other!
Gentle words to all we meet!
Thus we follow Christ our Savior,
Proving all His service sweet.
When the heart is sad and lonely,
And the eyes with tears o’erflow,
Gentle words and deeds of kindness
Fall like sunbeams on the snow!
Let us help our fallen brother!
Lift him gently by the hand;
Speaking words of cheer and comfort,
Point him to a better land.
In this world of toil and sorrow
Many hearts are full of care!
Let us live to serve our Master,
And each other’s burdens bear.
